Each year, Sierra Club members elect 5 people to the 15-member, all-volunteer board of directors that governs the organization. This year, 10 percent of Club members voted in the April election. Meet the winners:
ALLISON CHIN, former Sierra Club president and diversity advocate (37,530 votes)
SPENCER BLACK, current Sierra Club director and former Wisconsin state legislator (36,222 votes)
MARGRETE STRAND RANGNES, former director of the Sierra Club's Labor and Trade Program (31,587 votes)
LIZ WALSH, current Sierra Club director and professor of biological sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso (29,281 votes)
STEVE MA, Sierra Club activist and consultant for nonprofits (27,707 votes)
"Some are Sierra Club veterans; others bring fresh perspectives—this strong, diverse group will help us meet the challenges environmentalists face in 2015 and beyond," says former board president David Scott.
Wendy Becktold is the former senior story editor at Sierra. Follow her on Twitter @wlbecktold.
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